York: Journal

Title:

York: Journal

Date:

1760/1763

Description:

Abstract: The journal of a voyage to the East Indies on board the ship Yorkby Captain Peter Lascelles. The journal contains:The ‘List of Officers & Seamen on board the ship York from England to the East Indies 1760’ (ff 2-4)The ‘Names [and] Quality [of] Passengers’ (f 4)The Members of ‘Coll: Moriss’ Rejiment [sic]’ and of ‘Col: Parslows Rejim:t’ (ff 4-6)Names of ‘Women belonging to the Military’ (f 6)The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (13 March 1760), the Downs (18 April 1760), Spithead (24 April 1760), the Lizard (10 May 1760), Island of Palma [La Palma] (30 May 1760), Island of Ferro [El Hierro] (1 June 1760) and Parnambucca [Pernambuco] (10 July 1760)The daily entries for the voyage from Parnambucca to Bay of All Saints (26 July 1760), Island of St Paul’s [Île Saint-Paul] (24 October 1760), Dundra Head [Dondra Head] (5 December 1760), Point de Galle (6 December 1760), Columbo [Colombo] (9 December 1760), Cape Comorin [Kanyakumari] (11 December 1760), Quilone [Kollam] (12 December 1760), Ansangor [Anchuthengu] (13 December 1760), Cochin [Kochi] (19 December 1760), Callicut [Kozhikode] (26 December 1760), Tellicherry [Thalassery] (27 December 1760), Pigeon Island [Netrani Island] (4 January 1761), Vingorla [Vengurla] Rocks (5 January 1761) and Bombay [Mumbai] (12 January 1761)List of officers and seamen on board the Yorkat leaving Bombay (ff 78-80)List of lascars aboard the York(f 80)List of passengers from Bombay (f 81)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Surat (23 February 1761), Socatra [Socotra] (17 April 1761), Cape Gardafui [Cape Guardafui] (19 April 1761), Mount Felix (20 April 1761), Babelmandel Island [Jazirat Mayyun] (24 April 1761) and Mocha (25 April 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to Babelmandel Island (23 July 1761), Mount Aden (25 July 1761), Mount Felix (27 July 1761) and Bombay (5 August 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Domus tree [Dumas] (23 August 1761), Basseen [Vasai] (18 September 1761), Cape Comorine (28 September 1761), Julius Nave (1 October 1761), Ballasore [Balasore] (16 October 1761) and Ingelie [Hijili] (25 October 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Ingelie to Barabulla (24 December 1761), Point Palmiras (26 December 1761), Dunderhead [Dondra Head] (8 January 1762), Point de Gaul [Galle] (10 January 1762), Ansangor (16 January 1762), Cochin (21 January 1762), Callicut (23 January 1762), Tellicherry (24 January 1762), Cannannore [Kannur] (26 January 1762), Cape Ramas (6 February 1762), Vingorla Rocks (9 February 1762) and Bombay (18 February 1762)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Tellicherry (22 April 1762), Cochin (4 May 1762), Quilone [Kollam] (8 May 1762), Cape Comorine (9 May 1762), Cape Legullas [Cape Agulhas] (5 July 1762), St Helena (2 August 1762), Rame Head (4 October 1762), Margate (30 November 1762) and Northfleet Hope (8 December 1762).Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 195; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Dutch East India Company

Geographic region:

Mocha

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001478.0x0001b2_ar
81055/vdc_100000001478.0x0001b2_en
IOR/L/MAR/B/237G
IOR/L/MAR/B/237G

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